170 xi. CAPPARIDE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Cleome. 



\ in. long, dull yellow, solitary, long-pedicelled. Capsules 1-1 \ in., sessile, 

 slender, beaked. /Seeds large, glabrous, transversely rugose. 



9. C. Burmanni, W. & A. Prodr. 22; branches glabrous prickly, 

 leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets shorter than the pel ;te or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, flowers axillary, capsule stalked terete. 1'olanisia dodecandra, DO. 

 I.e. -242.urm. T/ies. Zcyl. t. 100, f. 1 (not good}. 



Fields of the CARNATIC, and in CETI.ON, AV///V/, &c. 



Annual, 6-18 in. ; brandies many t'rnni tin- root. Lfttfcts 1 in., acute or obtuse. 

 Flowers in., solitary, purple. Capsules 2 in., terete, glabrous, striate, tapei-in-; at 

 both ends ; stalk i-^ in., slender. /Seeds glabrous, transversely rugose. C. ciliata, 

 ScJi. & Th., of tropical Africa approaches this very closely. 



*** Leaves compound. Stamens 10- QO . 



10. C. felina, Linn. f. Suppl. 300; rough with rigid scale-like hairs, 

 leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets obovah-. tlowers axillary long-pedicelled, stamens 

 28-32, capsule glabrous. 1'olaiiisia felina, In'. Prodr. i. 2-12; \\<i/f. Cat. 

 6971 ; W. d-A. Prodr. -2-1 (W. *//. //<//. M/i>.}. 



Southern provinces of tin- CAIINATIC, Kcenig, &c. 



Annual, erect, 1-2 ft., much branched. Lnl't* i-1 in., obtuse. equalling or shorter 

 than the petiole. a. long, solitary, purple, f'n/i/.r and <;>,<> /</ bristly 



outside. Filaments liliibnn. Capsnla. 1 1 }, by & in., compressed, linear-obluiig, acute 

 at both end- . glabrous, tubcivled. 



11. C. vlscosa, I ! 'ily ]iubescent, leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets 



rari'incd lon^-pedicclled, stanifiis l ^-20, xcapsule 



..ar-inibcscfiit. R-i.i-b. /''/. ln<l.\\. 12s. C. icosandra, Linn. iNdaiiisia 

 viscosa, />('. rrn</,-.\. -2\-2; \Yall. ( 'nt. (,!M;s. Tolanisia icosaiulra, W.&A. 

 Prodr. 22; }Yi,jkt Ic. t. 2.Rheed<' Il<>rt. Ml. ix. t. 33. 



Abundant throughout tropical and warm India, and the rest of the world. 



Annual, erect, J-3 ftT, halts simple and glandular mixed. l.xtil<tx equalling or 

 shorter than the petiole, upper usually subsessile. Flower* ^, in. long, yellow. 

 rellexed. ('ujtx/dc 2-3^ i"- stnate, narrowed to the tip. tici d<i small, granular. 



12. C. Chelidonii, Linn.f. .S'///-/'/. :3<)0: glabrous or sparsely scabrid, 

 leaves 5-9-foliolate, leaflets obovate or oblong, flowers racemose then 



corymbose long-pedicelled, stamens very many, capsule glabrous. /.'<-.'/>. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 127. Polanisia Chelidonii, DC. Prodr. i. 212; II'. t- J. Prodr. 

 22 ; Wi.jht Ic.t. 319; Wall. Cat.WU ; Dais. <(- Gibt. />'"////;. /'/. 8. P.hete- 

 rophylla, Wall. Cat. 6970. P. Schraderi and Leschenaultii, DC. Corynan- 

 dra pulchella, Schrad. 



Moist places from the N. Ci rears, Roxburgh, and POONAH, Jacquem., southwards. 

 DISTRIB. Java. 



Annual, erect, 1-3 ft., much branched, glabrous or with few bristles. Leave* long- 

 petioled, pubescence appressed, scabrid; leaflets 1-1^ in., obtuse or acute. Fl<r< /-,% 

 ^-in. diam., regular, rosy; bracts small, simple or 3-foliolate. Pttah sessile, ovate. 

 Filaments clavate above. Capsule 24 in., slender, tapering at both ends, btriute. 

 Seed rather large, pale brown, muricate. 



2. GVNANDKOFSZS, DO. 



An annual glandular-pubescent or glabrate herb. Leaves 5-foliolate, 

 long-petioled. Flowers racemed. Sepals 4, spreading. Petal* 4, spreading, 

 long-clawed, open in bud. S&imens 6, filaments adnate below to the slender 

 gynophore, spreading above. Ovary stalked, ovules many. Capsule elon- 



